BUSH 1. English: Someone who lived by a thicket of bushes, from Middle English "bush(e)" bush (probably from Old Norse "buski", or an unrecorded Old English "busc"). The surname may also be from Old Norse "Buski" used as a personal name. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Anglicized form of German "Busch". CHENEY (English) Someone who lived near a conspicuous oak tree, or in an oak forest. The surname may also have been a nickname for a man with a "heart of oak". GARFIELD 1. English: apparently a habitation name from an unidentified place, probably from a field-name referring to a triangular area left at the corner of an open field after rectangular furlongs had been laid out. 2. Jewish: Anglicization of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. or: BUSH (English) Dweller at the sign of the bush (usually a wine merchant); one who dwelt near a bush. CHENEY (English) One who came from Quesney, Cheney or Chenay (oak grove), in France; dweller near the chain, or barrier, used to close a street at night. GARFIELD (English) Dweller on the grassy land or pasture. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara Becky Jo Barben wrote: >These are my Cousin Lines, but are every bit as interesting as my direct lines. Thank you in advance, for all the work you do. I am wondering where these names originated. > >Bush? > >Cheney? > >Garfield? > >~ Becky > >__________________________________________________________________ >The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > >Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >